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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 415145" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Best_fullback,</p><p></p><p>I read Barne's article when it was printed in <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> a couple weeks ago, and as a fan of both codes I thought it was interesting as it's essentially what I've said for a while.</p><p></p><p>I used to argue that if you were to take a psychology analogy to the two games, then you might say Rugby Union was like a manic depressive, while Rugby League is a more balanced individual. The upshot being that League is solid and can do some pretty impressive things when he puts his mind to it, but doesn't ever really scrape the sky, while Union can spend a lot of his time in the doldrums being incredibly boring and unproductive, but when he finally hits the high notes he produces pure genius. The problem with Union is that he seems to spend far too long in the doldrums, while his brother League keeps consistently producing great work.</p><p></p><p>That said, as a massive NSW fan I disagreed with Barne's assessment that the game was ever boring - but that's because I am emotionally invested. This is no doubt the reason why English Rugby fans never complain about a boring forwards driven 10 man rugby tactics driven match. Similarly, Reds V Waratahs matches have had a tendency to be very dour affairs, but I've still found myself on the edge of my seat throughout simply by virtue of the fact that it was NSW v Qld. Any game in which the two sides intensely dislike each-other is rarely boring from the fan's perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 415145, member: 12207"] Best_fullback, I read Barne's article when it was printed in [I]The Sydney Morning Herald[/I] a couple weeks ago, and as a fan of both codes I thought it was interesting as it's essentially what I've said for a while. I used to argue that if you were to take a psychology analogy to the two games, then you might say Rugby Union was like a manic depressive, while Rugby League is a more balanced individual. The upshot being that League is solid and can do some pretty impressive things when he puts his mind to it, but doesn't ever really scrape the sky, while Union can spend a lot of his time in the doldrums being incredibly boring and unproductive, but when he finally hits the high notes he produces pure genius. The problem with Union is that he seems to spend far too long in the doldrums, while his brother League keeps consistently producing great work. That said, as a massive NSW fan I disagreed with Barne's assessment that the game was ever boring - but that's because I am emotionally invested. This is no doubt the reason why English Rugby fans never complain about a boring forwards driven 10 man rugby tactics driven match. Similarly, Reds V Waratahs matches have had a tendency to be very dour affairs, but I've still found myself on the edge of my seat throughout simply by virtue of the fact that it was NSW v Qld. Any game in which the two sides intensely dislike each-other is rarely boring from the fan's perspective. [/QUOTE]
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